Activities+for+verbs

=Ideas for teaching verbs:=

Students write the infinitive form of a verb in the center of the splash (like a web). Then, they generate as many words in the target language that they know as possible around the center that relate to it or could be part of a sentence with the verb. Students then write sentences using the words from the web and the correct verb forms
 * 1. Word Splash**

Students are given a text (reading, poem, lyrics to song) and are asked to highlight verb forms within the text. Students can then generate reasons for why that particular form or tense was used in that context. A follow-up activity might be to have the students create an extension to the text using the target verbs.
 * 2. Find the verbs in a text**

Students generate sentences with the conjugated verb forms and then cut them up into segments. In groups, all sentences “pieces” are laid out on the table and students are challenged to create as many logical sentences as possible with the pieces.
 * 3. Sentence cut up**

Students create surveys or interviews for their classmates using the target verb tense/conjugation. They then conduct the surveys/interviews and then report out what they discovered. In the end, a variety of pronouns are used (you, I, he, she, they).
 * 4. Verb surveys/interviews**

Students create vertical strips that contain subject pronouns, verb stems, verb endings, and phrases that can complete a sentence. They then slide the strips up and down to line up all of the possible combinations of correct, logical sentences.
 * 5. Sliding Strips**

Each side of a die represents one subject pronoun. As infinitives are generated, students provide the correct verb form based on the roll of the die. A variation: Students create their own card stock cubes and label them with verbs. A second cube can be added for subjects and two dice can be rolled simultaneously.
 * 6. Dice**

Students begin with a sentence that consists only of a pronoun and verb form. The challenge then is to continue to add to the sentence with as many logical phrases as possible. Great to move from simple to more complex sentence structure.
 * 7. Run-on Sentences**

Students draw a simple ladder shape and label each rung with a subject. To score points, a student must make it up the ladder by providing the correct verb form for each of the subjects given from the bottom up of a designated set of verbs.
 * 8. Verb Ladders**

Students label the parts of a spinner (a circle divided into slices) with pronouns. A paper clip is looped around the point of a pen/pencil and the clip is “flicked”. The student must generate the verb form of a designated verb for that pronoun. A variation: Phrases that indicate particular tenses are labeled on the spinner parts.
 * 9. Spinners**

On one side of domino shapes, students write subjects for sentences. On the other side, they write verb infinitives. Students take turns lining up the dominoes and must generate a sentence for the subject and verb that touch. Play continues as students add more dominoes to the configuration.
 * 10. Dominoes**

Students create game boards where they write or draw verb infinitives on spaces. Students “land” on a space and must generate a verb form for the infinitive in the space with the pronoun designated on the die.
 * 11.Game Boards**

Each row is a team. Either a dry erase board or clean sheet starts at the front of the row. The teacher calls out the infinitive. The first student writes the 1st person singular verb form and then passes it back to the next student who writes the 2nd person singular form, etc., etc.
 * 12. Verb Relays**

Students are given a grid where each block contains a conjugated verb form. A color is designated for each pronoun. Students color each block the corresponding color.
 * 13.Color Coding**